[Feature Request] Function to search for existing R pkg wrapper of given API

[tanho63]

As a user of {beekeeper} and API user, it would save me much time and duplicated maintenance effort if there was functionality to search for existing R packages that might serve the API I'm interested in.

{as discussed}

[jonthegeek]

Logging some thoughts:

• Code search for the base URL, but it might be somewhat obfuscated in the code (eg https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3 might be split into "www.googleapis.com" and "youtube" and "v3" in the code).
• Search DESCRIPTIONs for the URL, but again they might not point to a recognizable URL ("https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3" for youtube even though that isn't the actual endpoint, nor the documentation).
• So maybe search DESCRIPTION for "API" + a name the user gives?
• Ideally I would like to run this as part of spec ingestion. The user might not tell me about the base URL, but the spec will.

[tanho63]

• Store registry of base URLs on github repo (in piggyback release?) and search that first?

fyi: unsubscribing from notifications now but please feel free to ping me if you want to bounce ideas

[jonthegeek]

Gonna focus on the registry idea for this. I'll use it to encourage people to take on a package. Might make a shinylive app to include in the repo before too long, as a ui onto the list, and then probably link to a Google form to "sign up" for one.